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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

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American Scholar Records

Identifier: MSS46987
Abstract

A quarterly magazine of public affairs, science, literature, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Correspondence, business and editorial records, original manuscripts and edited drafts of works published by the society in the American Scholar.

Dates 1926-2010; Majority of material found within 1944-2009
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William Jennings Bryan Papers

Identifier: MSS14217
Abstract

Author, lawyer, orator, United States representative from Nebraska, and secretary of state. Correspondence, military papers and other material relating mainly to the presidential campaign of 1896, the Spanish-American War, Bryan's efforts to preserve world peace during World War I, his career as a lecturer for the Chautauqua Institution and its affiliates, and his interest in prohibition, political and monetary reform, and religious issues.

Dates 1877-1940; Majority of material found within ( 1896-1925)
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Titus Coan Family Papers

Identifier: MSS76760
Abstract

Family and general correspondence, diaries, journals, books and writings by Coan on Hawaii, and Coan family material relating mainly to Coan's missionary work in Hawaii, Patagonia, and the Marquesas Islands.

Dates 1806-1923; Majority of material found within ( 1832-1882)
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Clarence Darrow Papers

Identifier: MSS17756
Abstract

Author, lecturer, lawyer, and reformer. Correspondence, legal records, and writings by Darrow as well as notes, correspondence, and printed matter collected by Irving Stone while writing a biography of Darrow.

Dates 1894-1941; Majority of material found within 1910-1935
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Feamster Family Papers

Identifier: MSS20321
Abstract Members of the Feamster (Feemster) family. Diaries, notebooks, correspondence, financial and legal papers, writings, and miscellaneous material illustrating the activities of four interrelated families from 1794 to 1967 whose members were engaged in farming, the law, medicine, the military, politics, religion, and other pursuits in Virginia, West Virginia, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and Maryland. The collection also contains genealogical information about the Cary (Carey),...
Dates 1794-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1813-1946)
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Barnett Allen Howard Papers

Identifier: MSS77165
Abstract

Farmer, preacher, and trader. Memoirs documenting Howard's life as well as genealogical material, legal documents, and printed matter.

Dates 1885-1949; Majority of material found within 1885-circa 1900
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Julia Ward Howe Papers

Identifier: MSS26609
Abstract

Author and reformer. Chiefly speeches and writings, with correspondence, notes, and printed matter pertaining to education, immigration, prison reform, race relations, religion, and women's rights.

Dates 1845-1917
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Robert Green Ingersoll Papers

Identifier: MSS27151
Abstract

Lawyer and lecturer. Diaries, correspondence, letterbooks, writings, lectures, scrapbooks, family papers, and miscellaneous financial, legal, and personal material relating to Ingersoll's involvement in politics and law and as a lecturer and writer on agnosticism and religion.

Dates 1826-1940; Majority of material found within ( 1866-1899)
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Scudder Klyce Papers

Identifier: MSS28785
Abstract

Author and naval officer. Correspondence, articles, a typescript of Klyce's book Universe, and other material relating primarily to his career as an author.

Dates 1911-1933
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Carmen Laforet Correspondence

Identifier: HISP61600
Abstract

Author. Correspondence from Laforet to Spanish literature teacher Marion Ament, political activist Linka Babecka, artist and actress Paquita Mesa, and Antonella Bodini, widow of the poet Vittorio Bodini. Laforet's letters describe her writing process and creative struggles as well as her private life and relationships.

Dates 1951-1985
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Clare Boothe Luce Papers

Identifier: MSS30759
Abstract

Journalist, playwright, magazine editor, United States representative from Connecticut, and United States ambassador to Italy. Family papers, correspondence, literary files, congressional and ambassadorial files, speech files, scrapbooks, and other papers documenting Luce's personal and public life as a journalist, playwright, politician, member of Congress, ambassador, and government official.

Dates 1862-1997; Majority of material found within 1930-1988
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Charles Habib Malik Papers

Identifier: MSS58339
Abstract

Lebanese diplomat, statesman, philosopher, and educator. Correspondence, subject files, speeches, writings, and other papers documenting Malik's teaching career at the American University of Beirut and public service as Lebanese minister to the United States, as Lebanese delegate to the United Nations and president of its General Assembly, and as Lebanon's foreign minister during a period of civil and political strife.

Dates 1888-1994; Majority of material found within 1930-1982
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Edwin Markham Papers

Identifier: MSS76081
Abstract

Poet and educator. Correspondence, notes, drafts and published versions of poems, and printed matter concerning Markham's writing and poetry.

Dates 1893-1937
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Peter Marshall and Catherine Marshall Papers

Identifier: MSS31468
Abstract

Presbyterian clergyman and chaplain of the United States Senate (Peter Marshall). Author (Catherine Marshall). Correspondence, notes, and sermons of Peter Marshall, and drafts, galleys, scrapbooks, movie scripts, and other papers about Marshall collected by his wife, Catherine Marshall.

Dates 1927-1964; Majority of material found within 1933-1956
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May Benzenberg Mayer Papers

Identifier: MSS86484
Abstract

Philosopher, amateur psychiatrist, and founder of the School of Applied Philosophy, also known as the Path of Joining of Devotion and Gnosis (POJODAG) House. Lectures and teachings manuscript, teaching posters, pamphlets, and other writings in both physical and digital formats documenting Mayer’s teaching at the School of Applied Philosophy, New York, N.Y., and its influence by Jungian psychoanalysis and the theosophy movement.

Dates 1926-1983; Majority of material found within 1926-1952
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Agnes Elizabeth Ernst Meyer Papers

Identifier: MSS49593
Abstract

Author and social activist. Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, including an unpublished memoir, subject files, research material, family papers, and other papers relating to Meyer's career as an author, authority on Asian art, literary critic and linguist, and social activist as well as to her personal and family life.

Dates 1853-2010; Majority of material found within 1906-1970
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Moral Re-armament Records

Identifier: MSS56671
Abstract

Worldwide movement dedicated to spiritual and ethical reawakening. Correspondence, subject files, financial records, play and film scripts, radio and television broadcasting files, press releases, clippings, print and near-print material, scrapbooks, and other records documenting the policies, organization, programs, activities, and membership of Moral Re-armament. Includes papers of the organization's founder, Frank Buchman, and members Ray Foote Purdy and Kenaston Twitchell.

Dates 1812-1991; Majority of material found within 1873-1966
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Reinhold Niebuhr Papers

Identifier: MSS34751
Abstract

Theologian, philosopher, and author. Correspondence, speeches, sermons, lectures, articles, book reviews, typescripts of books and articles, family papers, subject files, biographical material, bibliographies, photographs, and memorabilia reflecting Niebuhr's influence on twentieth-century theology, politics, and society and his efforts to apply religious and ethical standards to modern social and political problems including labor and race relations.

Dates 1907-1997; Majority of material found within 1930-1990
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Robert C. Ogden Papers

Identifier: MSS35097
Abstract

Businessman and philanthropist. Correspondence, memoranda, notes and drafts of articles and speeches, reports, and printed matter primarily concerned with Ogden's business career, his interests in philanthropy and religion, and his activities on behalf of education in the South.

Dates 1843-1913; Majority of material found within 1890-1913
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Pennell-Whistler Collection

Identifier: MSS35857
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, book drafts and galleys, articles, lecture files, and other papers of Pennell and his wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, relating to family affairs, his art work, their joint book publications, and to James McNeill Whistler.

Dates 1597-1937; Majority of material found within 1880-1937
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Piccard Family Papers

Identifier: MSS36145
Abstract Family members represented include Jean Felix Piccard (1884-1963), his wife, Jeannette Ridlon Piccard (1895-1981), and their son, Don Piccard (1926- ). Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journals, logbooks, drafts of writings and speeches, reports, notes, financial papers, biographical and genealogical material, scrapbooks, blueprints, patent specifications and other papers documenting the careers of Piccard family members in the fields of aeronautics, ballooning, bathyscaphe exploration,...
Dates circa 1470-1983; Majority of material found within 1926-1983
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Pierce-Aiken Family Papers

Identifier: MSS36200
Abstract

Four generations of the family of Jane M. Pierce (born Jane Means Appleton), wife of United States president Franklin Pierce. Genealogical material, photographs, and correspondence among members of the Pierce, Aiken, Appleton, Mason, and Means faimilies, including letters from Franklin Pierce and Jane M. Pierce relating to politics, antebellum New England, War of 1812, and social life in Washington, D.C.

Dates 1797-1903; Majority of material found within ( 1830-1870)
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William Plumer Papers

Identifier: MSS36434
Abstract

Governor of New Hampshire and legislator, United States senator from New Hampshire, essayist, and historian. Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, autobiography, writings, notes, transcripts of poetry, essays, extracts, and other papers relating to Plumer’s personal life and career in New Hampshire and national politics and as an essayist.

Dates 1774-1845; Majority of material found within ( 1802-1825)
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Stephen D. Pyle Papers

Identifier: MSS85754
Abstract

Baptist minister. Correspondence and associated miscellany, photographs, and ephemera primarily addressed to Pyle from American Colony in Jerusalem members Jacob E. Spafford and G. Eric Matson.

Dates 1924-1927
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P. P. Quimby Papers

Identifier: MSS37143
Abstract

Healer and spritualist. Drafts of letters, notebooks, handwritten copies of essays, and notes for essays or lectures by Quimby on such subjects as wisdom, happiness, religion, life and death, and mind and matter, as well as accounts of his experiences in healing. Includes letters from Mary M. Patterson (Mary Baker Eddy) to Quimby and a private journal of Lucius E. Burkmars.

Dates 1841-1887